Andre Charles, popularly known to all as “The Milk Man has died.
Charles, from the community of Soufriere, was also known to be a basketball player and involved in radio for several years before he retired.
See the article from the Sun News paper
ANDRÉ “MILK MAN” CHARLES, ESQ, SMH
André, a dairy farmer from Soufriere, is known by many of his customers as “Milk Man”. Away from the cows and the farm, André had quite an interesting affiliation with DBS Radio, having hosted the weekly “Sunday Showcase” as well as other programmes such as “Country Time”, “Soul Express”, “Jazz Gold”, “Positively Dominica”, and a history programme called “Know Thyself”.
In addition, André occasionally sat in for Leroy ‘Wadix’ Charles on “Cadence-Zouk Spectacular”, and for Ted Dailey on “Drive Time”.
With his knowledge of basketball, André also commentated at National League Finals played at Windsor Park, Massacre, and Lindo Park in Goodwill.
Grabbing the rebounds, André is considered one of the pioneers of the sport of basketball in the fishing village of Soufriere, which is known for its warm, mineral springs and “bubbling beach”. He was a founding member of Hillsborough 79ers, the first basketball team to emerge from the Soufriere area; they played in the Junior Division of the national league.
André also helped organise basketball in the twin villages of Soufriere-Scott’s Head, which went on to produce other teams such as Aloe Clippers, Aloe Pops, Bengals, Cowboyz, Venoms, Flash, Champs, and Sharks, which competed at different levels in the league.
André also served as a basketball referee and as Vice-President of the Dominica Basketball Officials Association for one term.
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